Just modeling through: A rough guide to modeling

Interfaces

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 118-132

  Pidd, Michael ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040036460     PISSN: 00922102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/inte.29.2.118     Document Type: Article

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